We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
232 of its 738 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Barcelona accounted for 151 of Spain's 232 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. 132 of Barcelona's 151 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Tsunami was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment.
68 of its 160 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Beirut accounted for 43 of Lebanon's 68 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Storms were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and heatwave.
52 of its 99 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
116 of its 279 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
26 of its 41 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Conakry accounted for 19 of Guinea's 26 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 17 of Conakry's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
52 of its 92 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Quito accounted for 37 of Ecuador's 52 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. 33 of Quito's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
377 of its 1,383 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (202 stories). Flooding was named in 136 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and landslides.
82 of its 177 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 44 of Kashmir's 82 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Ankara accounted for 319 of Türkiye's 682 stories about harm, carried by 492 outlets. Hunger was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 59 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Japan (136 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Switzerland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 Oct. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 21,459 stories about harm among 124,356 counted on 15 Oct.
In Spain, 31% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 124,356 stories, below the usual 18. On 15 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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